Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ane Johnson, Virginia Tech; Margaret Layne, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

academic careers.4 Yet women faculty have indicated high levels of interest inleadership positions.5 With NSF ADVANCE support, Virginia Tech, a STEM-dominantuniversity, has sought to empower women faculty to overcome the barriers to leadership.This paper reports on how leadership programs focusing on women faculty can increase therepresentation of women in leadership roles across campus at a STEM-dominant institution. Byproviding multiple strategies to empower women faculty at varying stages of their careers,ADVANCE leadership programs sought to enhance their capabilities and productivity astechnical and administrative leaders and as scholars. This was done, in part, by bringing womenfaculty together at many points during the project to reflect on

Conference Session

Assessing the Efficacy of Nontraditional Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Continuing Professional Development

which informationpresented matches his or her learning style. (Barbe & Milone 1980 and 1981). In thispresentation, the author describes how he has implemented Barbe’s ideas into hisclassroom activities and has created different learning environments for engineeringstudents. The author also outlines how interactive projects can help the instructor inpromoting a learning environment filled with exercises that promote intellectual curiosity.Furthermore, he also provides initial results of his assessment data.IntroductionIn order to motivate students and generate Intellectual Curiosity, one can follow theguidelines provided by Gardner. Quarter of a Century ago, in 1983, Harvard University

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Raper, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Susan Murray, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Christa Weisbrook, Missouri University of Science and Technology; William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

of the Engineering Management Program are ableto analyze and solve complex problems utilizing:≠ a mastery of Engineering Management tools and techniques including those utilized in operations management, project management, management of technology, and supply chain management≠ in-depth knowledge in at least one emphasis area within Engineering Management≠ an understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts of engineering≠ sound business judgment≠ relevant analytical and modeling tools such as statistics.Finance: Graduates of the Engineering Management Program are responsible and financially aware managers andleaders who utilize basic finance, accounting, engineering economy, and risk analysis methods

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Kyle Hoermann, Texas A&M University

institutions lack the full range of resources needed tohelp students to become proficient with PLC programming. In addition, high faculty-studentratios and limitations in availability of equipment and lab time make it difficult for students tospend enough time with the equipment to become proficient.This paper will describe activities and findings related to an ongoing NSF-funded project todesign, develop, and evaluate Virtual PLC, a system that integrates multiple instructionaltechnologies and techniques into a single Web-based learning system that is comprehensive in itstreatment of PLC topics, motivational, and always available. Virtual PLC includes animations,interactive case studies, a ladder logic toolkit, and intelligent tutoring systems. In

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Management

AC 2009-1143: BENCHMARKING DISTANCE EDUCATION IN ENGINEERINGMANAGEMENT PROGRAMSErtunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems (CLLES) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor in the capacity of a Customer Service and Curriculum Manager and a Consultant. He also worked as a project manager and a consultant for Tefen Consulting in the area of productivity improvement for

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks; Barbara Lombardi, Universidad Simón Bolívar

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Instrumentation

specialization in ceramics at Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela. She completed her degree with a research project with honors at Penn State Berks, PA, USA. She served as aerodynamics assistant for the Formula-SAE team at Simon Bolivar University during the 2005-2006 period. Page 14.1175.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Testing of Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide Sensors with Simple Apparatus in an Engineering Education LaboratoryAbstractAs part of a summer internship in materials engineering, the characteristics of carbon monoxide(CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) sensors were

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Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gurinder Singh, Future Technology Devices International Ltd. (USA); Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

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Instrumentation

. Page 14.783.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Interfacing USB Printer using Vinculum Host Controller Abstract This paper describes implementation of a portable USB printer interface using VinculumHost Controller VNC1L. The project idea presented has a variety of real-world applicationsincluding in medical portable devices, field testing devices, ticketing systems, gas receiptprinting system to name a few. Today almost all the printers have a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface for connectionto a personal computer (PC) or a control device. The USB interface has several advantages overprevious generation of connection methods such as parallel ports. A USB port is much fasterthan a parallel port

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Amy Martin, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University

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Electrical and Computer

Page 14.780.2instruction delivery and assessment3-5 and one with more elements of intentional learning, arecompared. Besides regular course assessments and student feedback, we also conduct smallgroup analyses and present results that compare the various aspects of the teaching and learningexperience such as teaching effectiveness and student experience.Design of ExperimentDuring this study, as common to other Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects,the students are the human subject of the study. Accordingly, we have applied for and securedthe approval from the Human Subjects Institutional Review Board (IRB). During the IRBreview process, we also secured the signed student informed consent statements close to the endof the

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Hackworth, Old Dominion University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

on a5-point Likert scale. Possible responses are “1 Strongly Disagree, 2 Disagree, 3 Neither Agreenor Disagree, 4 Agree, and 5 Strongly Agree.” Course evaluation questions are provided below: 1. IN THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASS THE INSTRUCTOR PROVIDED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION THAT CLEARLY EXPLAINED THE COURSE CONTENT, ASSIGNMENT, GRADING AND OTHER IMPORTANT POLICIES. 2. THE COURSE MATERIALS, EXAMS, PROJECTS AND/OR PAPERS IN THE CLASS REQUIRED ME TO THINK CRITICALLY. 3. THE INSTRUCTOR WELCOMED QUESTIONS AND OTHER CLASS PARTICIPATION. 4. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ENTHUSIASTIC WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER. 5. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION AND HELPFUL DURING OFFICE HOURS. 6. THE

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

research in manufacturing can be quickly and effectively transferred from research projects or industry developments into manufacturing curricula. Session 3: Emerging Methods of Educational Delivery - Alternatives to lecture-based instruction; activity- based learning; project-based learning; case-study based learning; role of laboratories – projected changes, distance learning – Web based; distributed hybrid; role of cooperative education; internships; industry-based education; continuing education, etc. Session 4: Manufacturing Topics in Other Engineering Disciplines - Manufacturing immersed in other (non-manufacturing-named) engineering curricula (mechanical, industrial, electrical

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College; Mary Moriarty, Smith College; Linda Jones, Smith College

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Engineering Libraries

, studentportfolios will be reviewed by a team of faculty and other experts after the sophomore year andagain as students near graduation. A librarian or other information literacy expert will serve aspart of this team in order to evaluate the information literacy aspects of student achievement.Elements students might include in their portfolios as evidence of information literacy includethe following: ≠ Certificate of completion of first-year information literacy quiz-tutorials (administered outside the department) which cover among other things, ethics of proper citation; ≠ Annotated bibliographies from a first-year course project on life-cycle assessment that reflect the ability to identify, access and evaluate a variety of resources

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware

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Engineering Technology

Electronics and Controls and (2) ConstructionTechnology and Technical Management.At the time of these changes, the faculty in the department were well-suited to the twoconcentrations. Construction-related topics such as surveying, CAD, statics, strength ofmaterials, cost estimating, project economic analysis, project management, fluid mechanics,thermodynamics, soil mechanics, wood and steel structure design, concrete and masonrystructure design, and HVAC were offered in addition to courses generally in support of theelectronics and controls concentration: electrical power, instrumentation, analog circuits, PLCs,and applied controls. Additional related courses such as utilities, welding and metals, storm-water management, wastewater treatment systems

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

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Engineering Technology

able to conduct different types of attacks used inthe experiments and were able to understand how and why they work.Various methods were used to formally assess the effectiveness of this project includingthe instructor’s assessment of laboratory work and classroom presentation. Based on thestudent’s feedback, the overall response from students regarding whether the class projectmet their expectations was very positive and the project integrated into the course waspositive.3. Passwords Shielding TechniquesThe above experiments enabled students to understand that password cracking can beeasily done if the system is not properly protected. Passwords can be cracked the easiestif the machine is not part of a domain and if there is physical access

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University

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International

distance learning and help to change passive delivery toa more active and flexible delivery methodology. It is also a very effective means for deliveringquality distance-workshops and collaborative research-projects where participants are not fromthe same geographical area.   References 1. Amirian, S., “Pedagogy &Video conferencing: A Review of Recent Literature,” First NJEDge.NET Conference, 2003. 2. Owen, R. and Bosede A., “Return on Investment in Traditional Versus Distributed Learning,” 10th Annual Distance Education Conference, 2003. 3. Kriger, T. J., “A Virtual Revolution: Trends in the Expansion of Distance Education,” American Federation of Teachers, May 2001. 4. Patcha, A. and G. Scales

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Burnham, University of Texas, Austin; Jules Campbell, University of Texas, Austin; Surya Santoso, University of Texas, Austin; Arturo Compean, University of Texas, Pan American; Jaime Ramos, University of Texas, Pan American

AC 2009-443: DEVELOPING WIND-POWER SIMULATIONS ANDLABORATORY EXPERIMENTS FOR COURSES IN RENEWABLE-ENERGYSYSTEMSDavid Burnham, University of Texas, Austin David J. Burnham earned his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in 2003. He expects to earn his MSE degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in May 2009. He is a research assistant working on the project described in the paper.Jules Campbell, University of Texas, Austin Jules Campbell is a PhD candidate at UT Austin. He received his BSEE degree from Washington University in St. Louis and MSEE degree from UT Austin in May 2008. His primary interests

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ELD Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sasha Gurke, Knovel Corporation

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Engineering Libraries

(this number does not include databases.) The collection is growing at a rate of 35-40 new titles per month.Users can browse and simultaneously search all titles via a single interface. Basic and Page 14.866.2advanced searches are fast and optimized for technical users.At the end of 2008, Knovel embarked on a new and exciting project: Mathcad-enablingKnovel content. Our first release is an introductory package for structural and civil engineersthat includes two well known titles partially transcribed into Mathcad worksheets.Knovel Mathcad ProductEngineers across all industries perform engineering calculations and document their designand analysis

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Panel: Taking a Break from Academia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Susan Davidson, University of Pennsylvania; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Women in Engineering

ofEngineering. The EPSRC Visiting Researcher program allows “support for engineers ofacknowledged standing, either from within the UK or aboard,” to visit a UK organization. Fundsfrom the grant included research funds for equipment and resources for Dr. Schulz’s project atCardiff, travel funds for visiting other UK universities and organizations and living expensesduring her stay at Cardiff University.My activities during my stay in the UK were related to three main objectives. The first objectiverelated to participation in several ongoing research projects at Cardiff. Cardiff University wasrecently awarded £3.8M from the UK EPSRC to set up the Centre for Integrated RenewableEnergy Generation and Supply (CIREGS).The second objective was to visit with

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Jesus Martinez, University of Texas, Brownsville

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Engineering Technology

Automation, Machine vision, ISO 9000 and Lean Six Sigma. He has published several papers, in these areas, in various national & international conferences and journals. He has won several teaching awards including the recent academic excellence award, NISOD 2008, from the University of Texas at Austin.Jesus Martinez, University of Texas, Brownsville Jesus Martinez has received his Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Electronics Engineering Technology at The University of Texas at Brownsville, in May 2007. Currently he is working at The University of Texas at Brownsville, as an Audiovisual Equipment Maintenance Technician. He has successfully completed several projects involving Mechatronics

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Curtis, Linda Hall Library

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2009-630: READERS' ADVISORY IN THE ENGINEERING LIBRARYScott Curtis, Linda Hall Library Page 14.1007.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Readers’ Advisory in the Engineering LibraryAbstractTraditionally, librarians view readers’ advisory (RA) as a public library function, geared towardrecommending fiction and focused around genre studies. This paper argues that an active RAprogram would provide engineering librarians with a tool to help students broaden theirscientific, technical, and social perspectives beyond their course and project work. Manycolleges and universities require student cohorts to participate in campus reading programs; RAin the

Conference Session

Design Education in Manufacturing Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramesh Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jihad Albayyari

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Manufacturing

graphical format. It provides insight into product attributesthat are perceived as important by the user population. It is an excellent tool for helping designand quality teams to focus on product features that will set them apart from their competitors.Additionally, the model helps product developers to concentrate on simultaneous design ofproduct families rather than focusing on one product at-a-time.In the ‘Design for Manufacturing’ course, students learn the Kano analysis and some students dotheir course project using this model to a product of their interest. The paper describes the Kanomodel and how it can be used in product design. Even though the model can be used to definemultiple products simultaneously, the content of the model in this

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Hisham Alnajjar, Computer and Electrical

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Liberal Education

2006, the University of Hartford College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, inWest Hartford, Connecticut began a partnership with the Faculty of Engineering at theUniversity of Herat, in Herat City, Afghanistan. The goals of the project are to use a combinationof curriculum revision and development, faculty development, distance learning andcollaborative projects, and local/internal partnerships to establish the Herat University Faculty ofEngineering at the preeminent Engineering program for Western Afghanistan.Once a part of Kabul University, the Faculty of Engineering became a permanent part of HeratUniversity in 2004. After functioning in Kabul for approximately 20 years, the Engineeringprogram was closed following the Soviet

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Douglas Howe, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Calvin Hsieh, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Jenna Faulkner is a student in the BSME program at Portland State University. She is a research assistant on the Engineering of Everyday Things project. In addition to working on the EET project she is working on a second major in Physics, and is active in the PSU chapters of Engineers Without Borders, Tau Beta Pi: the Engineering Honor Society, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.Calvin Hsieh, Portland State University Calvin Hsieh is an engineer in the Hydroelectric Design Center Branch of the US Army Corps of Engineers in Portland, Oregon. He recently completed his MSME degree at Portland State University. His research and MS Thesis were on the Engineering of Everyday Things

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suryaprasad Jayadevappa, PES School of Engineering; Ravi Shankar, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students with implementation capability. Courses can be offered from level L3 under the 4 different categories with an option to include courses left out from the previous level L2. Additionally, the first part of the capstone project can be started. We have considered a 2 year capstone project work. The objective of the courses at Level3 is to emphasize on “implementation” of various components in a computer system. Though computer languages will be necessary, we hope that in the near future there will necessary tools that will provide the code once the appropriate design is provided at high level. For example, in a course (L2 level) on OOAD, if we capture the design (functionality

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Design Graphics

around the world forglobal engineering projects. The use of product lifecycle management tools mean that thesedatabases may be accessed in the future to be altered by other engineers. These trends increasethe importance of designing in a manner that is both intuitively organized and amenable tochange.In most CAD courses students design components that are never altered, or in some cases onlyaltered by the original designer. To show students the importance of designing in a manner thatis intuitive and amenable to change, a design and change exercise is presented. Students are splitinto two groups and incentivized with differing goals. The first group’s goal is to design the partas quickly as possible; the second group’s goal is to design the part

Conference Session

Robot Mania in Precollegiate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

designing and implementing professional development programs and curricula for K-12 teachers in science and technology. At the college level, he collaborates on projects exploring teaching methodologies and assessment strategies in first-year college courses in the sciences, engineering, and computer science.Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology RONALD H. ROCKLAND is Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology and a Professor of Engineering Technology and Biomedical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He received a B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in bioengineering and electrical engineering from New York University in 1967, 1969 and 1972 respectively. He also

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peyton Richmond, Lamar University; Daniel Chen, Lamar University; John Gossage, Lamar University; Qiang Xu, Lamar University; Kuyen Li, Lamar University

) and connecting it to a high fidelity dynamic process simulator. Such anenvironment can be made virtually indistinguishable from an actual industrial process controlroom but located in the safety and convenience of a classroom. We can construct our PBLproblems in the chemical manufacturing facility of our choice by integrating the appropriateDCS configuration with a suitable dynamic simulation case study. This approach providesstudents with a realistic chemical manufacturing PBL problem for motivation and also allowsthem to engage in authentic inquiry by interacting with this simulated process operation via anindustrial quality DCS interface.Project ApproachThis work supports the NSF CCLI project “Improving Engineering Curricula by Integrating

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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International

, and funding and other funding university other funding agencies to Organization: agencies on the need to develop agencies to assist with administrators, and assist with DLM unit3 University engineering education DLM unit acquisition funding agencies on the acquisition and online lab. and online lab. facilities need to develop facilities engineering education Country: -EUR-ACE Accreditation for -Social -Sustainable project - Board of European Portugal

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Smith, North Carolina State University; Karen Hollebrands, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Althea Smith, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

(Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century, 20072). Thegoal of the RAMP-UP (Recognizing Accelerated Math Potential in Underrepresented People)program at North Carolina State University (NCSU) is to increase the number and diversity ofstudents who enroll and succeed in higher-level mathematics courses. To achieve this goal, theRAMP-UP project places NCSU graduate engineering and undergraduate engineering and matheducation students, and mathematics and computer science students from Shaw University (ahistorically black university) in local public schools. The placement of these university students(fellows) serves two purposes. One purpose is to enrich the learning experience of K-12 studentsby serving as role models and mentors

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lesko, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

AC 2009-1244: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR VIRTUAL-CLASSROOM ANDLABORATORY ENVIRONMENTSCharles Lesko, East Carolina University Charles Lesko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Systems, College of Technology & Computer Science at East Carolina University. He received his BS at the US Naval Academy; he holds a MS in Forensics from National University and a second MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston University; his PhD is in Applied Management from Walden University. His current teaching and research regime focus on strategic technology management and communication, information technology project management, and virtual reality technology use in the

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, students in the senior Biochemical Engineering elective course were assigned thetask of creating problems suitable for the BioEMB website. The problem creation was generatedfrom information in research papers on bioprocesses. Coupled with a rubric for the problemdevelopment and some mentoring by the faculty, students have learned about process design,along with the peer review and publishing aspect of having their problems posted on the website.The project has shown that students can learn about applying material balance concepts to thescale-up of published data and information to develop a process design strategy. In turn, theproblems were "beta-tested" in the undergraduate chemical engineering core course. Assessmentof this project by means of